[Sca-cooks] New SCA member

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/31/2003 1:39:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
vhsjvs at gis.net writes:

<<I am Angharad ferch Iorwerth, a new SCA member.  I have joined this list 
because I love to cook and wish to learn as much as I can of cooking styles in 
the MA.  Since my persona is that of a Welsh woman in the 13th Century, I would 
of course want to learn as much as I can about cooking methods, tools, 
utensils, meats, vegetables, seasonings, beverages (other than mead), etc.>>

Hi, Angharad!  I'm Brangwayna Morgan, and my persona is an Englishwoman from 
12th century Shrewsbury - not so far away from you, but a century earlier.
Finding recipes for this time period isn't particularly easy - I don't know 
of many 12th or 13th century sources from even Northern Europe, much less just 
England or just Wales.  What I've been doing has been working primarily with 
14th and 15th century English and French sources, with the Forme of Cury (lates 
1300's English) kind of turning out to be a favorite - every time I pick a 
period recipe that I want to use for something, just mundanely, it turns out to 
be from Forme of Cury!  Most of the available ingredients should be the same, 
with the exception possibly of some of the more exotic spices.

Brangwayna